Brevity & Longevity: The Ocean Paradox

In the depths of our oceans, time can seem to move a little differently. Consider these remarkable contrasts: While the pygmy goby lives just 59 days, deep-sea exploration has documented remarkable examples of extreme longevity: Antarctic glass sponges can survive for over 10,000 years in the frigid Southern Ocean, making them some of the oldest living animals on Earth.

Research has shown us that deep-sea organisms, even in extreme conditions, generally live longer than their shallow-water counterparts. These findings suggest crucial connections between environmental stability and longevity that could even reshape our understanding of aging processes.

[ExperimentalDude]

Imagine being in your 80s and dying and going “welp, it’s that time again” and just turning into a fucking baby lmao

[Poissonpasbon]

Let's not forget that the "immortal" jellyfish can only die if the temperature is not adequate or by being sick, but still, a living being that can virtually not die is something truly amazing

[murphyrecords]

thank you for the first animation of deeper sea life that doesn't start my anxiety attack and give me the feeling of impending doom.

[ArthursGardener]

Jellyfish gets to reload old save points or an earlier checkpoint; I’ve always wanted to do that

[Samstar]

They talk of immortality being torture but if I were given immortality, I’d want this kind of peaceful drifting, roaming life

[Doc_Paradox]

lobsters are also functionally immortal but they eventually have trouble shedding their shell which kills them. if it weren't for that they could technically live forever

[lou]

Gobys always look like they wanna fight something but they’re just protective ❤

[KNGLY.]

The immortal jellyfish is just the concept of a Phoenix

[chris_d_r_u_m_s]

This is such beautiful animated illustration.

[HyperspaceCafe]

Imagine you’re like nah this one sucks back to being a baby 😂

[zegamingcuber]

Aren't there sponges that are rumored to live for over 10, 000 years though? that's even longer than the greenland sharks

[alephkasai]

What about sponges? Those guys can live for quite a while as well

[blueyddoll]

If we could tap into the biologic processes the immortal jellyfish use, that would be phenomenal! Not necessarily for humans to live crazy long lives, but for the purpose of diseases and disorders, and adding a bit more life on for us in general, would be amazing ❤

[fehnaazismail]

Our planet is the most interesting in the entire galaxy❤

[phthisis]

And here I'm thinking about "George, " the 140-year-old lobster...

[Sepi-chu]

The difference between r and k selection

[RainbowYT-zc]

-80% progress speed eternal frostwhale, +20% proggress speed sokeye salmon, white whale shark -70% progress speed, queen jelly fish from spongebob from tutorials how to get trident rod 🔱 also -75% progress speed

[tjkhan]

How do we know Greenland sharks live 500 years? Did someone tag one in 1500 and people kept seeing the exact same shark through 2000?

[nathansimpson]

call me crazy but if something multicellular reverts back to a single celled plankton/soon to be polyp, and it had to shed its old living body, so wouldn't this be a form of self cloning like we have seen in multicellular land vertebrates

[Dingleman-bwqf]

If you went back to the 1950s there would’ve been Greenland sharks who were born the same year that the eastern Roman Empire fell